Georgia Tea Cakes ~ A Light and Sweet Tea Cake
Tea cakes have a buttery flavor and a wonderful cake-like texture.
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Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg beaten
- ½ cup milk
- 2 to 2 ½ cups self-rising flour
- Colored Sugars
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
- Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
- Allow butter to come to room temperature. Once softened cream butter in a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer or electric mixer.½ cup butter
- Add sugar, vanilla extract, egg, and milk and mix ingredients well until smooth.1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 egg, ½ cup milk
- Gently combine flour with the butter mixture adding a little at a time until a stiff dough forms.2 to 2 ½ cups self-rising flour
- Drop cookie dough by teaspoonfuls onto baking sheets.
- Place in oven on middle oven rack and bake cookies for 9 to 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and place cookies on trays on wire rack to cool.
- Sprinkle with colored sugar will still warm or powdered sugar once cooled.Colored Sugars
As with any of my recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 79kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 24mg | Potassium: 16mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 91IU | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 0.1mg
Servings: 36 Cookies
Calories: 79kcal